![]() ![]() ![]() Tomahawk Block II variants were all tested during January 1981 to October 1983. It will also be able to send data from its sensors to these platforms. UGM-109 Tomahawk missile detonates above a test target, 1986.Ī major improvement to the Tomahawk is network-centric warfare-capabilities, using data from multiple sensors (aircraft, UAVs, satellites, foot soldiers, tanks, ships) to find its target. The Block IVs can be given a new target in flight and can transmit an image, via satcom, immediately before impact to help determine whether the missile is on target and the likely damage from the attack. The Block IV TLAMs can loiter better and have electro-optical sensors that allow real-time battle damage assessment. Block IV TLAMs have an improved turbofan engine that allows them to get better fuel economy and change speeds in flight. Block III TLAM-Cs retain the Digital Scene Matching Area Correlation (DSMAC) II navigation system, allowing three kinds of navigation: GPS-only, which allow for rapid mission planning, with some reduced accuracy, DSMAC-only, which take longer to plan but terminal accuracy is somewhat better and GPS-aided missions that combine DSMAC II and GPS navigation for greatest accuracy. The Block III TLAMs that entered service in 1993 can fly 3 percent farther using their new turbofan engines and use Global Positioning System (GPS) receivers to strike more precisely. Many of the anti-ship versions were converted into TLAMs at the end of the Cold War. īGM-109G Ground Launched Cruise Missiles (GLCM) and their truck-like launch vehicles were employed at bases in Europe they were withdrawn from service to comply with the 1987 Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty. AGM-109H/L Medium Range Air-to-Surface Missile (MRASM) – a shorter-range, turbojet powered air-launched cruise missile with cluster munitions never entered service, cost US$569,000 (1999). ![]()
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